韓国

Japanese

Etymology 1

Shortened from 大韓民国(だいかんみんこく) (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”), from Korean 대한민국 (Daehanmin'guk). The archaic sense may be from 大韓帝國(だいかんていこく) (Daikan Teikoku, “Korean Empire”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​んこく (Atamadaka – )
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Proper noun

韓(かん)国(こく) • (Kankoku) 

1. South Korea (a country in East Asia)
2. (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)

Etymology 2

Of 韓(から) (kara, “China; Korea; foreign country”, archaic) and 國(くに) (kuni, “kingdom; country”).

Proper noun

韓(から)国(くに) • (Karakuni) 

1. (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea)
2. alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”)

See also

• 韓(かん)国(こく)人(じん) (Kankokujin, “Korean person”)
• 韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご) (Kankokugo, “Korean language”)
• 大(だい)韓(かん)民(みん)国(こく) (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”)
• 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Chōsen, “Korea”)
  • 北(きた)朝(ちょう)鮮(せん) (Kita Chōsen, “North Korea”)
  • 朝(ちょう)鮮(せん)半(はん)島(とう) (Chōsen Hantō, “Korean Peninsula”)
• 唐(から)国(くに) (Karakuni, “China”)

References

Okinawan

Proper noun

韓(くゎん)国(くく) (Kwankuku) 

1. South Korea
2. Korea

   Synonym: 朝鮮 (Chōshin), 高麗 (Kōrē)

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